Chujitsuna raised her head, stopping making the trench with her Magic for a moment to look at where Taisetsuna was pointing.
She half-closed her eyes and said, “No, those are horses, cows, ‘Scaraar’s, and chickens. Do we need to stop them?”
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Taisetsuna frowned and answered, “Might as well. It will serve to test our defence! Everyone, make a line! Let’s do this! Chuji! The trench!”
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“Sorry boss! On it!”
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Taisetsuna looked at the City again and saw a big group of people coming from the gates with soldiers after them, shooting arrows and Magic. Two people in that group stayed behind to fight the soldiers by creating walls made of rock or throwing Wind Pushes against them, and the rest continued running towards the trench that Chujitsuna and Tresuria were still opening, and a bunch of animals kept on falling inside, in a stream of entangled bodies.
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As they approached the other edge of the trench, Taisetsuna recognized the students and Teachers of the Academy, and she shouted, “What are you doing here?”
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From the middle of that group, Tomiga Yurao answered, “We came to help! What do you want us to do?”
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“I want all of you to go away! Raluth will control you, and you will fight us to go to him!”
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They all looked to where she was pointing, and Tomiga shouted when he saw the gigantic opened mouth and the mushroom-shaped explosions in the middle of the Dragons’ attacks, “Is that Raluth? He is ugly! And what are these screams? Is he in pain or angry?”
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“Probably both! Now go away! Go back to the Academy and drink a Sleeping Potion!”
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While he spoke, Tomiga took a small purse from his pocket and threw it at her. “I will not let you fight while I flee like a coward! Chew this! The Princess’ Royal Guards were giving this to every Beast-kind Adventurer in the Capital! It raises our courage and maybe it can help us resist Raluth’s power! It works differently on Humans, it is only for Beast-kind!”
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Taisetsuna took two chewing gums and gave the purse to Hinen while saying, “I know this! It was one of the weird foods that Nozomu made. He made another kind of chewing gum that worked differently, and he said to me that this version was only for the Princess! The Guards were giving this?”
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“Yes, to the Adventurers and soldiers! She ordered every soldier to stop people from coming to Raluth!”
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“That’s our Princess, alright! Even in all this mess, she finds some way to help! Why were those soldiers after you? Don’t they know what is happening?”
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“They tried to stop us and asked for our papers. A bunch of morons, worried about an invasion from the Magical Circle with a gigantic mouth in plain sight! The Principal and Teacher Ruh the Mills told us to keep going and that they would stop them. I think they are doing a pretty good job!”
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Taisetsuna saw the wall of rock stretching on both sides and ending against the wall of the City, preventing the soldiers or anyone else from coming from the City, and then they ran to meet the others near the trench.
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When they arrived, the Principal asked, while trying to recover his breath, “What… is happening… over there? And these screams…”
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After checking that Chujitsuna was still making the trench, Taisetsuna answered, “Raluth is angry! Attention, everyone! If you feel like losing control, ask someone to knock you out. I won’t hesitate to kill any of you if you fall under Raluth’s control and try to attack us! And-”
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A light coming from behind made her turn, and she jolted. Raluth was pointing his mouth to the sky and shooting beams after beams of Magic, trying to kill as many Dragons as he could. They kept on coming from every direction, joining the ones that were already on top of him and making him bleed.
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Taisetsuna gulped at the sight of so many Dragons falling dead from the sky and shouted, “Everyone! Keep one eye on Raluth and move away if he shoots his Magic at us! Let’s get ready because that wall made of rock might not hold when people start to attack it to get through!”
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Tomiga looked at the trench, frowning at the sight of so many animals inside, and said, “Taisetsuna, your Unicorns were in the Capital, protecting the Magical Circle. The soldiers were fighting them, and that gave us an opportunity to come here. I thought they liked people, but they were killing so many soldiers!”
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“They are being controlled by Raluth. I hope someone knocks them out instead of killing them because it is not their fault.”
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“Teacher Muse stayed in the Capital, and she said she would take care of them. When we were using the Circle, I saw her hit Rampage’s head a few times with her frying pan, and he fainted. She then jumped to get to Furnace, but then the Circle brought us here and I didn’t see what happened next. But she looked like she could handle things there!”
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“Nice! One less thing to worry about.”
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Then, they all heard a voice inside their heads, and they faced the abomination in the mountains that was still fighting the Dragons and being hurt by Nozomu’s explosions, “|… Come to me, my children! Raluth is waiting for you! Come, join me, and get rid of all your sins, for Raluth is joy and happiness! ...|”
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Taisetsuna frowned while chewing her gum and asked, “Is it just me that is hearing this? Because that doesn’t sound good for us!”
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Robert answered with a weird smile on his face, “Yes, Raluth, I am here! I am going…”
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He began to walk, and Taisetsuna immediately punched him, knocking him out. She then looked at the students on the other side of the trench, and saw every Human with the same smile on their faces, walking towards the trench.
Tomiga frowned and began kicking and punching everyone, and when he ended, the Principal and all the Human students had fainted at his feet.
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He then looked at Taisetsuna and said, with a grin while chewing his gum, “Does this mean that all Humans are coming here to face the wrath of the mighty Tomiga Yurao?”
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“Probably. Are you alright?”
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“Yeah, I hear a stupid noise in my head, but the great Tomiga Yurao won’t fall! I will knock them all out!”
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Near Chujitsuna, Tresuria was shaking her head, trying to get rid of the voice while using her Magic to make another section of the trench.
Chujitsuna noticed she was having trouble with something and asked, “Are you alright? What is the matter?”
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“This chewing gum doesn’t work on Gailies… This one is hearing… and it is… difficult to keep focus… This one doesn’t want to… die before… saying… this one… likes you, Chuji… this voice… can’t… have to…”
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Chujitsuna hugged her and said, “I am not going to let you go there and leave me. Don’t worry, my dear. I will take care of you.”
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She pierced her fingernails on Tresuria’s back as she was hugging her, and in seconds, felt her going numb. She carefully laid her on the ground and shouted, “We lost Tresuria! Someone able to use Earth Magic come here! I need help with the trench!”
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One Cat-kind student and one Snake-kind went to her and stopped on the other side of the trench.
She kissed Tresuria’s forehead and said, “You two, let’s enlarge this and make it continue as far away as we can! Now, morons!”
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They immediately gathered their Magic to follow her orders, and Chujitsuna gave one last look to the sleeping Gailie before continuing her task.
At Nozomu’s front of attack, he shot one more of his dark clouds, and hid behind Hinotsume’s tail, taking cover. The blast took another section of scales, and three Dragons began shooting Fire Magic at the rough skin, trying to do as much damage as possible.
Nozomu had told them to keep hitting the same spot where his explosions hit so that they could do the maximum damage and try to open the wound faster than Raluth could heal.
Even with ten Dragons shooting Magic at the same time, the healing was faster.
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Hinotsume glanced at the City, saw the trench and the wall of rock and said, “Your friends are doing a good job, Nozomu, but this is not working. When Raluth starts eating people, he will gain more energy, and his Healing Magic and his attacks will be even more powerful. We might need to think about another approach!”
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Another explosion and Nozomu hid again before answering. “I was thinking the same, but I was hoping we could at least open an entrance here instead of me needing to go through his mouth. Those teeth of his are scary!”
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Then, Nozomu looked at Taisetsuna’s group before gathering more of Hinotsume’s Magic to make another dark cloud, and he saw the wall that was in front of the City crumbling, and an enormous group of people appeared from the opening, running straight ahead.
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Mizukonta approached and said, “I hear a low buzz coming from Raluth! He is trying to control us, but so far, the chocolates seem to block his Magic! But people are coming, Hinotsume! What do we do?”
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“Keep blasting! Taisetsuna and the others will do their part, while we will do ours! Nozomu, you may need to carry out your crazy plan after all!”
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“I know. If Taisetsuna can’t stop them, I will go inside Raluth and finish him. Warn the Dragons to be ready to flee when I go inside, and to take as many people as they can. The explosion will be massive!”
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Hinotsume glanced at Taisetsuna’s group before shooting another gush of Fire Magic to one of the several Raluth’s wounds.
In front of the trench, Taisetsuna was looking at the horde of people running towards her, with a few Beast-kind soldiers doing their best to knock out as many people as they could manage.
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She raised her right fist and shouted while chewing her gum, “They are coming, everyone! Let’s stop them all! Don’t let anyone pass.”
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At her side, Hinen answered, as he was glowing with Magic, “Let them come! I will stop them! No one will get past me!”
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On the other side of the trench, Tomiga shouted even louder, “Come, you fools! Come and face the wrath of the all mighty Tomiga Yurao!”
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Without waiting for anyone, he ran to meet the crowd as he shouted to the other Beast-kind students and Teachers, “Let’s help the soldiers! You don’t want to leave all the work to Taisetsuna, do you? The more we stop, the less she has to fight!”
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Taisetsuna shouted at him, “Be careful, moron! And don’t you kill anyone, or I will slice off the rest of your tail!”
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Tomiga waved at her with a grin and ran while gathering his Magic.
More people came from the City who were arriving from all over the World through the Magical Circle, and they joined the crowd that was already heading towards Raluth.
Even with the Beast-kind soldiers that came through the Circle from the ‘Principality of Khiz’, following Princess’ Mere orders to stop the people, and Tomiga and the Academy students, it was impossible to stop them all.
As they were running towards the trench and falling inside, more people fell over the ones already there, and soon there was a mass of entangled bodies covering the trench that worked as a bridge for more people to cross.
Chujitsuna and the students able to use Earth Magic did their best to increase the gap in the trench to hold more people, while Hinen and Taisetsuna were using their Magic to push people back.
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Taisetsuna frowned and shouted, as she was biting hard on the chewing gum, “You shall not pass! None of you!”
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She shone like a small sun, and while Hinen was shooting Water Push one after the other, Taisetsuna made one massive wall of tornados that spread along the edge of the trench to both sides and pushed the crowd back, giving time for Chujitsuna and the other Earth Magic users to increase the gap in the trench.
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Hinen grinned and mumbled, “Darn, she is truly amazing…”
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